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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:	Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:	Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:	FUNYET::ANDERSON

Created:	Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:	Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1433
Total number of notes:	10312

656.0. "partition backup ?" by ZUR01::BOLLIGER () Fri Nov 03 1989 05:51

    		( Partition -> Partition Copy )
    
    Do somebody now if there is a Program that Copy a Partition on a 
    Harddisk to another Partition on Harddisk without need of a
    File Copy  or Backup to Floppys
    
    if there is a Public-domain Program could you send it ?
    
    i got 2 Harrdisks and one is for Backup only and whit File copy
    he takes 45 minutes for 4 Partitions ??
    
    				Thanks fred

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
656.1		MGOI02::FALKENSTEIN		`Fri Nov 03 1989 07:41`	9
	The backup utilities I know of work with file-copy anyway. I don't know of a partition backup program which uses a track-to-track copying method for harddisks. I understand that for this use, both partitions must be exactly the same. There should be not many applications for things like that. Bernd
656.2	use REORG.PRG	MGOI02::FALKENSTEIN		`Fri Nov 03 1989 07:50`	9
	It's me again... To speed up your copy from HD1 to Backup-HD, you could use a reorganisation program once in a while on HD1. So the controller does not have to collect parts of files scattered all over the place. Contiguous files speed up the operation a lot. Bernd
656.3	A pointer -- try last Winter STart	NORGE::CHAD	Ich glaube Ich t�te Ich h�tte	`Fri Nov 03 1989 08:47`	5
	A STart magazine awhile back had some utility from Dave Small that did something like what you want. I don't have the mgazine, just remember reading it somewhere else. Chad
656.4	START April 89	QARRY::BHAMILTON	Buzz Hamilton	`Fri Nov 03 1989 22:30`	3
	Dave Small wrote just what you're looking for and published it in the April '89 issue of START. PARTCOPY copies a megabyte in four seconds! I uploaded the arc to QARRY::DISK$USER:[BHAMILTON.PUBLIC]PARTCOPY.ARC.
656.5	DeARC problems on .4	MDCRAB::MCLENDON		`Tue Nov 14 1989 08:58`	7
	I tried downloading your file (re: .4) and, although the program comes up, the source code is damaged (CRC error in file header). Am I doing something wrong? Or, is there a special VAX version of ARC I should use to decompress this file? Thanks, Bruce
656.6		PDP10::BHAMILTON	Buzz Hamilton	`Tue Nov 14 1989 11:18`	2
	I just ran it through VMSSWEEP V3.5 (which is also available on QARRY::DISK$USER:[BHAMILTON.PUBLIC]) and got no errors.